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	'''Ganpatrao Govindrao Jadhav''' (5 May 1908 – 20 May 1987) was an Indian freedom activist, journalist and writer.<ref name="India 2009 Ganpatrao ">{{cite web \| url=http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/india-2009-ganpatrao-govindrao-jadhav-freedom-fighter-newspaper-publisher-fdc-137369018.htm \| title=India 2009 Ganpatrao \| publisher=eBid \| date=2015 \| access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> He was the founder of [[Pudhari]],<ref name="Pudhari">{{cite web \| url=http://epaper.pudhari.com/ \| title=Pudhari \| publisher=Pudhari \| date=2015 \| access-date=17 July 2015 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717074005/http://epaper.pudhari.com/ \| archive-date=17 July 2015 \| df=dmy-all }}</ref> a Marathi daily founded in 1937.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Press in India, Issue 33\|year=1867\|publisher=Office of the Registrar of Newspapers\|location=India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RY4qAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ganpatrao+Jadhav%22+Pudhari\|access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth-highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1984<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=18 June 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6U68ulwpb?url=~~http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=15 ~~November 2014~~ }}</ref> and issued a commemorative postage stamp with his image on 12 November 2009.<ref name="Postage Stamp">{{cite web \| url=http://www.freestampcatalogue.com/sid30950-ganpatrao-govindrao-jadhav-1v \| title=Postage Stamp \| publisher=Free Stamp Catalogue \| date=2015 \| access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref>		'''Ganpatrao Govindrao Jadhav''' (5 May 1908 – 20 May 1987) was an Indian freedom activist, journalist and writer.<ref name="India 2009 Ganpatrao ">{{cite web \| url=http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/india-2009-ganpatrao-govindrao-jadhav-freedom-fighter-newspaper-publisher-fdc-137369018.htm \| title=India 2009 Ganpatrao \| publisher=eBid \| date=2015 \| access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> He was the founder of [[Pudhari]],<ref name="Pudhari">{{cite web \| url=http://epaper.pudhari.com/ \| title=Pudhari \| publisher=Pudhari \| date=2015 \| access-date=17 July 2015 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717074005/http://epaper.pudhari.com/ \| archive-date=17 July 2015 \| df=dmy-all }}</ref> a Marathi daily founded in 1937.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Press in India, Issue 33\|year=1867\|publisher=Office of the Registrar of Newspapers\|location=India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RY4qAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ganpatrao+Jadhav%22+Pudhari\|access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth-highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1984<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=18 June 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> and issued a commemorative postage stamp with his image on 12 November 2009.<ref name="Postage Stamp">{{cite web \| url=http://www.freestampcatalogue.com/sid30950-ganpatrao-govindrao-jadhav-1v \| title=Postage Stamp \| publisher=Free Stamp Catalogue \| date=2015 \| access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Jhadav was born on 5 May 1908 at Gaganbavada, a small hamlet in the [[Kolhapur district]] of the western Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Brief Sletch">{{cite web \| url=https://www.academia.edu/4463874 \| title=Brief Sletch \| publisher=Academia \| date=2015 \| access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> His education at the local school did not go beyond the primary levels due to financial constraints, but Jhadav taught himself by reading books.<ref name="G G Jadhav">{{cite web \| url=http://www.stampsathi.in/stamppages/2542-g%20g%20jadhav.php \| title=G G Jadhav \| publisher=Stamp Sathi \| date=2015 \| access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref> He started his career as a journalist at ''Tej'', a weekly published from Mumbai, then worked for other local publications.{{Citation needed\|date=July 2015}}		Jhadav was born on 5 May 1908 at Gaganbavada, a small hamlet in the [[Kolhapur district]] of the western Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Brief Sletch">{{cite web \| url=https://www.academia.edu/4463874 \| title=Brief Sletch \| publisher=Academia \| date=2015 \| access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> His education at the local school did not go beyond the primary levels due to financial constraints, but Jhadav taught himself by reading books.<ref name="G G Jadhav">{{cite web \| url=http://www.stampsathi.in/stamppages/2542-g%20g%20jadhav.php \| title=G G Jadhav \| publisher=Stamp Sathi \| date=2015 \| access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref> He started his career as a journalist at ''Tej'', a weekly published from Mumbai, then worked for other local publications.{{Citation needed\|date=July 2015}}

	During this period, he was involved with [[Satyashodhak Samaj]], a social organization founded in 1873 by [[Jyotirao Phule]], in their reformist activities, which gave him the opportunity to interact with several known [[Marathi people\|Marathi]] personalities such as [[Keshavrao Jedhe]], Dinkarrao Jawalkar, Achyutrao Kolhatkar, Bhaskarrao Jadhav, [[Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar]] and M. G. Ranganekar.{{Citation needed\|date=July 2015}} Soon, he launched a daily, ''Daily Kaiwari'', with the assistance from Bhaskarrao Jadhav and became its editor.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> His association with [[Jyotirao Phule]] and [[Satyashodhak Samaj]] influenced him to participate in the [[Dandi March]] in March 1930 and he established the [[Kolhapur district]] chapter of the [[Satyashodhak Samaj]].<ref name="Brief Sletch" /> During the Indian [[civil disobedience]] movement of 1930, he oversaw the information flow between the [[Indian National Congress]] leadership and the frontline and underground activists.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> When [[Dinkarrao Javalkar]], one of the leaders of the movement in [[Maharashtra]] was arrested by the British government, Jhadav stayed underground and organized the picketing movements at Wadi Bunder and Carnak Bunder. He continued clandestine activities till the [[Gandhi–Irwin Pact]] was signed on 5 March 1931, granting [[dominion]] status to India.<ref name="Brief Sletch" /> During this period, he was also associated with [[B. R. Ambedkar]] for the upliftment of the [[dalit]] communities and was involved in the ''temple entry protest'' at the [[Kalaram Temple]] in March 1930.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /><ref name="Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&pg=PA123 \| title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857–1956 \| publisher=M. D. Publications \| date=1 January 1994 \| author=Ramacandra Kshirasagara \| pages=123 \| isbn=978-81-85880-43-3}}</ref>		During this period, he was involved with [[Satyashodhak Samaj]], a social organization founded in 1873 by [[Jyotirao Phule]], in their reformist activities, which gave him the opportunity to interact with several known [[Marathi people\|Marathi]] personalities such as [[Keshavrao Jedhe]], Dinkarrao Jawalkar, Achyutrao Kolhatkar, [[Bhaskarrao Jadhav]], [[Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar]] and M. G. Ranganekar.{{Citation needed\|date=July 2015}} Soon, he launched a daily, ''Daily Kaiwari'', with the assistance from Bhaskarrao Jadhav and became its editor.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> His association with [[Jyotirao Phule]] and [[Satyashodhak Samaj]] influenced him to participate in the [[Dandi March]] in March 1930 and he established the [[Kolhapur district]] chapter of the [[Satyashodhak Samaj]].<ref name="Brief Sletch" /> During the Indian [[civil disobedience]] movement of 1930, he oversaw the information flow between the [[Indian National Congress]] leadership and the frontline and underground activists.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> When [[Dinkarrao Javalkar]], one of the leaders of the movement in [[Maharashtra]] was arrested by the British government, Jhadav stayed underground and organized the picketing movements at Wadi Bunder and Carnak Bunder. He continued clandestine activities till the [[Gandhi–Irwin Pact]] was signed on 5 March 1931, granting [[dominion]] status to India.<ref name="Brief Sletch" /> During this period, he was also associated with [[B. R. Ambedkar]] for the upliftment of the [[dalit]] communities and was involved in the ''temple entry protest'' at the [[Kalaram Temple]] in March 1930.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /><ref name="Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&pg=PA123 \| title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857–1956 \| publisher=M. D. Publications \| date=1 January 1994 \| author=Ramacandra Kshirasagara \| pages=123 \| isbn=978-81-85880-43-3}}</ref>

	The latter half of 1930s saw Jhadav getting involved with journalism with renewed vigour and started a weekly by name, ''Sevak'', which was renamed [[Pudhari]] on 13 May 1937.<ref name="Brief Sletch" /> The publication is reported to have gained popularity and from the New Year's Day of 1939, it turned a daily to become the largest circulated daily in the western Maharashtra and north [[Karnataka]], with an online edition.<ref name="Brief Sletch" /> Around this time, he founded the Journalists' Association of Kolhapur (''Kolhapur Patrakar Sangha'') and became its founder president.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> He also served as the president of the [[Satyashodhak Samaj]] and was involved with the [[Samyukta Maharashtra Movement]] of 1956.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> His involvement with the farmers led to the establishment of Kolhapur District Agriculturist Co-operative Society of which he was a founder member.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> His contributions are also reported in the establishment of educational institutions such as [[Shivaji University]], Tararani Vidyapeeth and Mouni Vidyapeeth.<ref name="G G Jadhav" />		The latter half of 1930s saw Jhadav getting involved with journalism with renewed vigour and started a weekly by name, ''Sevak'', which was renamed [[Pudhari]] on 13 May 1937.<ref name="Brief Sletch" /> The publication is reported to have gained popularity and from the New Year's Day of 1939, it turned a daily to become the largest circulated daily in the western Maharashtra and north [[Karnataka]], with an online edition.<ref name="Brief Sletch" /> Around this time, he founded the Journalists' Association of Kolhapur (''Kolhapur Patrakar Sangha'') and became its founder president.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> He also served as the president of the [[Satyashodhak Samaj]] and was involved with the [[Samyukta Maharashtra Movement]] of 1956.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> His involvement with the farmers led to the establishment of Kolhapur District Agriculturist Co-operative Society of which he was a founder member.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> His contributions are also reported in the establishment of educational institutions such as [[Shivaji University]], Tararani Vidyapeeth and Mouni Vidyapeeth.<ref name="G G Jadhav" />

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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ganpatrao Jadhav
| image = Ganpatrao Jadhav 2009 stamp of India.jpg
| image_size = 245px
| caption = Jadhav on a 2009 stamp of India
| birth_date = 5 May 1908
| birth_place = Gaganbavada, [[Kolhapur district]], India
| death_date = 20 May 1987 (aged 79)
| death_place = [[Kolhapur]], India
| restingplace =
| restingplacecoordinates =
| othername = Ganpatrao Govindrao Jadhav
| occupation = Journalist<br>Writer
| yearsactive = 1930–1987
| known for = [[Pudhari]]
| spouse = Indira Devi
| domesticpartner =
| children = [[Pratapsinh Jadhav]] and six daughters
| parents =
| website =
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Kakasaheb Limye Award<br>Acharya Atre Award
}}
'''Ganpatrao Govindrao Jadhav''' (5 May 1908 – 20 May 1987) was an Indian freedom activist, journalist and writer.<ref name="India 2009 Ganpatrao ">{{cite web | url=http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/india-2009-ganpatrao-govindrao-jadhav-freedom-fighter-newspaper-publisher-fdc-137369018.htm | title=India 2009 Ganpatrao | publisher=eBid | date=2015 | access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> He was the founder of [[Pudhari]],<ref name="Pudhari">{{cite web | url=http://epaper.pudhari.com/ | title=Pudhari | publisher=Pudhari | date=2015 | access-date=17 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717074005/http://epaper.pudhari.com/ | archive-date=17 July 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> a Marathi daily founded in 1937.<ref>{{cite book|title=Press in India, Issue 33|year=1867|publisher=Office of the Registrar of Newspapers|location=India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RY4qAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ganpatrao+Jadhav%22+Pudhari|access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth-highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1984<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> and issued a commemorative postage stamp with his image on 12 November 2009.<ref name="Postage Stamp">{{cite web | url=http://www.freestampcatalogue.com/sid30950-ganpatrao-govindrao-jadhav-1v | title=Postage Stamp | publisher=Free Stamp Catalogue | date=2015 | access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref>

==Biography==
Jhadav was born on 5 May 1908 at Gaganbavada, a small hamlet in the [[Kolhapur district]] of the western Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Brief Sletch">{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/4463874 | title=Brief Sletch | publisher=Academia | date=2015 | access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> His education at the local school did not go beyond the primary levels due to financial constraints, but Jhadav taught himself by reading books.<ref name="G G Jadhav">{{cite web | url=http://www.stampsathi.in/stamppages/2542-g%20g%20jadhav.php | title=G G Jadhav | publisher=Stamp Sathi | date=2015 | access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref> He started his career as a journalist at ''Tej'', a weekly published from Mumbai, then worked for other local publications.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}}

During this period, he was involved with [[Satyashodhak Samaj]], a social organization founded in 1873 by [[Jyotirao Phule]], in their reformist activities, which gave him the opportunity to interact with several known [[Marathi people|Marathi]] personalities such as [[Keshavrao Jedhe]], Dinkarrao Jawalkar, Achyutrao Kolhatkar, Bhaskarrao Jadhav, [[Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar]] and M. G. Ranganekar.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} Soon, he launched a daily, ''Daily Kaiwari'', with the assistance from Bhaskarrao Jadhav and became its editor.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> His association with [[Jyotirao Phule]] and [[Satyashodhak Samaj]] influenced him to participate in the [[Dandi March]] in March 1930 and he established the [[Kolhapur district]] chapter of the [[Satyashodhak Samaj]].<ref name="Brief Sletch" /> During the Indian [[civil disobedience]] movement of 1930, he oversaw the information flow between the [[Indian National Congress]] leadership and the frontline and underground activists.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> When [[Dinkarrao Javalkar]], one of the leaders of the movement in [[Maharashtra]] was arrested by the British government, Jhadav stayed underground and organized the picketing movements at Wadi Bunder and Carnak Bunder. He continued clandestine activities till the [[Gandhi–Irwin Pact]] was signed on 5 March 1931, granting [[dominion]] status to India.<ref name="Brief Sletch" /> During this period, he was also associated with [[B. R. Ambedkar]] for the upliftment of the [[dalit]] communities and was involved in the ''temple entry protest'' at the [[Kalaram Temple]] in March 1930.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /><ref name="Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&pg=PA123 | title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857–1956 | publisher=M. D. Publications | date=1 January 1994 | author=Ramacandra Kshirasagara | pages=123 | isbn=978-81-85880-43-3}}</ref>

The latter half of 1930s saw Jhadav getting involved with journalism with renewed vigour and started a weekly by name, ''Sevak'', which was renamed [[Pudhari]] on 13 May 1937.<ref name="Brief Sletch" /> The publication is reported to have gained popularity and from the New Year's Day of 1939, it turned a daily to become the largest circulated daily in the western Maharashtra and north [[Karnataka]], with an online edition.<ref name="Brief Sletch" /> Around this time, he founded the Journalists' Association of Kolhapur (''Kolhapur Patrakar Sangha'') and became its founder president.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> He also served as the president of the [[Satyashodhak Samaj]] and was involved with the [[Samyukta Maharashtra Movement]] of 1956.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> His involvement with the farmers led to the establishment of Kolhapur District Agriculturist Co-operative Society of which he was a founder member.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> His contributions are also reported in the establishment of educational institutions such as [[Shivaji University]], Tararani Vidyapeeth and Mouni Vidyapeeth.<ref name="G G Jadhav" />

==Awards and honours==
Jhadav was awarded the ''Kakasaheb Limye Award'' by the Pune Press Club in 1983.<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1984.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He received the ''Acharya Atre Award'' of the Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh in 1985 and the next year, the [[Shivaji University]] selected him for the DLitt degree (honoris causa).<ref name="G G Jadhav" /> On 12 November 2009, the [[Government of India|government]] issued a commemorative postage stamp with his image on it.<ref name="Postage Stamp" />

==Personal life==
Jhadav was married to Indira Devi and the couple had a son and six daughters.<ref name="Pudhari Editor Jhadhav is Bereaved">{{cite web | url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/article/DNPUN11166 | title=Pudhari Editor Jhadhav is Bereaved | publisher=DNA Syndication | date=28 January 2009 | access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> He died on 20 May 1987 at the age of 79.<ref name="Pudhari Editor Jhadhav is Bereaved" /> His son, [[Pratapsinh Jadhav]], is the incumbent head of [[Pudhari]] and is a recipient of [[Padma Shri]] in 2003.<ref name="Padmshree Dr. pratapsinh jadhav">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lODZEWDzFFY | title=Padmshree Dr. pratapsinh jadhav | publisher=YouTube | date=2015 | access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Satyashodhak Samaj]]
* [[B. R. Ambedkar]]
* [[Kalaram Temple]]
* [[Samyukta Maharashtra Movement]]
* [[Pudhari]]
* [[Jyotirao Phule]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
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[[Category:1987 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Kolhapur district]]
[[Category:Journalists from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Marathi people]]
[[Category:Indian male journalists]]
[[Category:Indian social reformers]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Satyashodhak Samaj]]
[[Category:Dalit history]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian journalists]]